Inspirational Quotes · Page 2,259

The camera is one of the greatest liars of our time.

— John Gunther

Mathematics is concerned with "all possible worlds."

— David Malet Armstrong

Do you know how expensive it is to look this cheap?

— Lana Del Rey

Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it.

— Emile Zola

Chess cannot be taught. Chess can only be learned.

— Mikhail Botvinnik

Don't let a man put anything over on you except an umbrella.

— Mae West

No one is truly poor but except the one who lacks the truth.

— Ephrem the Syrian

Nature performs the cure, the physician takes the fee.

— Benjamin Franklin

“As long as we don't cut off our hearts, the inner workings of the universe illuminate before us.”

— Rivera Sun

It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.

— Henry Fielding

I tried it 100 or a million times it couldn't happen again. If I could, I would have carried on playing.

— Alex Ferguson

“… the best time to plant a tree is always twenty years ago. If, for some reason, you did not plant it…

— Carlos Acosta

“I am surely a creature. For what human has two hearts? But I have two hearts— one is always broken; the other…

— C. JoyBell C

Being fully in the present, you experience the timeless. In the timeless, you find your true self.

— Deepak Chopra

“The line between confidence and arrogance is very fine, and the line between arrogance and stupidity even finer.”

— Michael Scott

A random sequence is one that cannot be algorithmically compressed : the shortest description of a random sequence is simply the sequence itself.

— Gregory Chaitin

A person is either a Christian or not; there is no in between state

— C. F. W. Walther

I'm a tuning fork, tense and twanging all the time…

— Edna O'Brien

Happiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime.

— Marquis de Sade

Youve got to take advantage of those guys outside. Its frustrating.

— Lee Evans

We're in such a slump that even the ones that are drinkin' aren't hittin'.

— Casey Stengel

We sent out 3,000 Valentines to the ladies, asking them to be my voter.

— Terry Dill

One would think a writer would be happy here -- if a writer is every happy anywhere.

— Raymond Chandler

“(...) a director should tell a story that is close to his own existential experience.”

— Andrzej Wajda

Then again, what are liars if not great magicians?

— Deb Caletti

If I feel like King King, I'll throw like King King.

— Jack Morris

One thing will not change - we will be going out to win.

— David Beckham

“There is an overflowing grace, for every great work.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Only think of my being alive with a reputation!

— Winslow Homer

Adoption was a bumpy ride - very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight.

— Mariska Hargitay

I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth.

— Jimmy Page

“I am openly prideful, secretly judgemental, and cowardly in conflict.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Could it be in longing we are most ourselves?

— Li-Young Lee

“Life is too huge for you to possibly hate.”

— Augusten Burroughs

“The mind is what sleeps. What recognizes itself as God is awake.”

— Lalla translation by Coleman Barks

The White House belongs to all Americans. It's supposed to be something we're proud of.

— Nancy Reagan

Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

— Denzel Washington

Nobody is exempt from saying stupid things, the harm is to do it presumptuously.

— Michel de Montaigne

The most successful tempters and thus the most dangerous are the deluded deluders.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

A person who takes warning from the mishaps of others will always be happy.

— Vikrant Parsai